Russell McVeagh have many illustrious alumni, some remembered some (best) forgotten, but perhaps the current leading alumni in the public mind is NZ First leader Winston Peters who this week was caught in a firefight with fellow former lawyer and National Party leader Simon Bridges. >> Here’s Your New Law Job – Litigation, InHouse, Small
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If They Didn’t Like What Was Happening Employees Were Told to ‘Get off the bus’ Anonymous* There are fresh revelations about the NZTA’s dubious work on developing new transport technologies, which details how NZTA officials under Fergus Gammie made astonishing and over the top promises about the potential for certain types of transport technologies they were wanting
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Powered by LawFuel – The 2019 winner of the FairWay Resolution Anne Scragg Scholarship is Nurit Zubery. Born and raised in Israel, Nurit studied law at Tel-Aviv University and worked as a lawyer in the areas of litigation, commercial and employment law, prior to moving to NZ in 1999 where she has owned and managed
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31 Nigel Hampton, QC Last Year – No. 35 Remaining in the same position, Nigel Hampton QC was made a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to the law. His active legal career continues, capping an already successful and esteemed involvement in his representation of the families of the Pike River
The billable hour has been the brunt of criticism – mounting criticism – for many years. Blamed for its lack of flexibility, its alleged inefficiency and even for creating high burnout rates in the legal profession. But the billable hour remains. With lawyers required to bill from 1700 to 2500 hours years, the pressure to
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Orora Ltd Sells Australasian Fiber Business Powered By LawFuel –Baker McKenzie has successfully acted for its client, Orora Limited (ASX: ORA), in entering into a binding agreement to sell its Australasian Fiber Business to a wholly owned subsidiary of Nippon Paper Industries Co., Limited (Nippon Paper) for an enterprise value of AUD 1.72 billion. Baker
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2 Criminal Convictions Lead to Censure Powered By LawFuel –A Queenstown lawyer has been fined $15,000 and censured by the New Zealand Lawyers and Conveyancers Disciplinary Tribunal, after receiving two criminal convictions. Adam McAra Copland was convicted in July 2018 for driving with excess breath alcohol and disqualified from driving for six months as part
MassTsang – A driving under the influence charge is a serious criminal offence in Canada. If you get charged and convicted, you will end up with a record. There are many reasons why otherwise lawful Canadians might want to avoid having a record. But if you do get convicted, is it legally possible to apply
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Amazon this month launched their ‘Intellectual Property Accelerator, designed to help brands obtain IP advise in Amazon stores. Build with small and medium-sized businesses in mind, it is intended to help entrepreneurs protect their ideas. Amazon explained in their blog post that the challenge of protecting ideas is safe with their ‘curated network of trusted
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The litigation funders are fighting to battle CBL Corp, with the ‘first-up-best-dressed’ contender being Australian-based IMF Bentham, but now local heavyweight LPF Group has joined the fray with even more heavyweight institutional backing. The second class action against CBL Corp and its directors has been launched with the support of the company’s largest, institutional shareholder,
